Buncombe commissioners to consider nonprofit rules

8:18 PM,
May 4, 2013

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The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to discuss Tuesday restrictions on county funding for nonprofit organizations proposed by Commissioner Joe Belcher.

Belcher's proposal would limit the amount of money the county would provide for nonprofits' building projects and require more reporting on use of money given to the organizations.

It says funding from the county for a nonprofit's capital project would not exceed $500,000 or 10 percent of the cost of the project, whichever is less, and would be given over a period of at least five years. ...